News / Red flag for Yang Ming as container line is weighed down by billion-dollar losses

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Following the bankruptcy of Hanjin, Taiwan’s Yang Ming is now the container line in the greatest financial danger, according to a research paper published today.

Drewry Financial Research Services (DFRS) says the line has the industry’s most leveraged balance sheet, with a net gearing of a massive 437% at the end of Q3.

The figure soars above the industry average of 124% and is nearly five times that of its closest regional peer, Evergreen.

The report says: “Yang Ming’s high debt is a great cause for ...